Unable to pay for the operation that cured his daughter, a man promises to surrender her to the doctor on her eighteenth birthday. Knowing that the physician wishes to make her the subject of his experiments with hypnotism, the distressed father ultimately reneges on his promise, whereupon the doctor attempts to hypnotize the girl from afar.
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Robert Z. Leonard as The Father (as Robert Leonard)
Ella Hall as Ella - the Daughter
Harry Carter as Dr. Sevani
Allan Forrest as Ella's Sweetheart - a Lawyer (as Alan Forrest)
Mark Fenton as The Coroner
United States 02 June 1915
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1915:
24 May 1915
A British army officer refuses to avenge the death of a general who was murdered years earlier. He is awarded three feathers by his officers.
26 April 1915
Sisters Helen and Ruth Fiske work in a department store and live in an East Side tenement. While Ruth is satisfied with her "regular fellow," a mechanic, Helen yearns for fine clothes, wealth, and attention.
13 September 1915
Richard Duvall is a young American detective in the employ of the French Secret Police. While in Paris he meets Grace Ellicot, also an American, with whom he falls in love.
10 April 1915
A dead child's broken doll reunites an estranged husband and wife.
18 October 1915
In 1857, Mary McLean leaves her sweetheart in the Scottish Highlands to teach school in India, where her father is a missionary.
19 June 1915
Out of the blue, war is declared, making two otherwise friendly neighbouring nations deadly enemies. Amid the inferno, finding themselves on different sides of the conflict, Elsa and Alexis are forced to call off their engagement.
01 April 1915
A man trailing burglars is saved by a dog in this British short film.
01 March 1915
Marksman Ambrose accidentally shoots a beer stein his wife has bought for him as a gift, so he tries to replace it.
09 July 1915
An innkeeper in sheer despair murders a passing by musician and steals his money in order to buy medicine for his dying wife.
14 August 1915
Retired businessman F.G. Lawrence favors Philip Preston for a son-in-law; Mrs. Lawrence prefers Reggie, the Dainty Dude.
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